December 8, 2008
· Filed under Family, Kids, Pictures, Travel
….because you’re going to be here a while. I have finally downloaded lots and lots of pictures for your viewing pleasure. I have not downloaded the most recent ones from Thanksgiving, but there are plenty to hold you over until I can get to those. Maybe by Easter. 
Anyway, like I said, there are LOTS of pictures in this slideshow. 296 to be exact. Whew! They go all the way back to Ashleigh’s 2nd birthday party in Newton. There are actually a few before those even. Then there are ones from Riley and Kyleigh’s first birthday here in Troy, and some from our quick visit to Georgia in October. Mostly they are just randomness from everyday life though. I wanted to sort them out and make a post for each event, but I figured I better just get them up before the kids start school.
I hope you enjoy the pics, and if I don’t get a chance to talk to you before Christmas…..Merry Christmas!!!
June 21, 2008
· Filed under Church, Family, Kids, Pictures, Travel
I’m back! At least for today anyway. I just can’t seem to find time to do the things I want to do lately. We have all been so busy on top of the day to day things of running a household with three kids under the age of two. But here is a VERY abbreviated update on the last two months in the life of the Lanes.
We have been to Texas to visit my family while Luke went on a mission trip to Mexico. We were there for two whole weeks. We have been to Georgia to see our oldest niece graduate from high school and to visit Luke’s family. That was a very quick trip…..only two days. We just finished Vacation Bible School on Friday. I helped with preschool music so the kids had to get up earlier than normal every day and go to the church with me. It was a lot of fun but very tiring.
All three kids are growing up so quickly. Ashleigh will be two years old in less than two months! That is so hard to believe. Riley and Kyleigh just turned nine months old yesterday. We are going for their check up on Tuesday so I’ll try to post their stats then.
In the meantime, here is a slide show with almost 200 pictures. Yes, 200. I think it’s 188 to be exact. Sorry there are so many. I just didn’t have time to sort through them all and post individual pictures. I will try to keep up with the blog and post pictures more often so there are not so many next time. So, hope you enjoy the pics!
April 16, 2008
· Filed under Family, Pictures
Today has been a sad day at our house. We lost a loyal member of our family. We had to have our sweet dog, Bo, euthanized. We have had Bo since he was only 5 weeks old, and his 9th birthday would have been this Saturday, April 19. Everything happened so quickly that we really didn’t have time to think about it which is probably for the best.
About a year and a half ago, we had a couple of tumors removed from Bo’s leg, and the vet told us then that it was cancer and to watch him because he could develop more. About a month or so ago, Luke took Bo and Coco to have their annual checkup and shots, and Bo had a couple more tumors on his leg. The vet didn’t want to remove them because of where they were on his leg (not enough skin to close after surgery, too close to Achilles tendon). So we just watched them. They grew large very quickly, then one of them opened in the last few days. Also, Bo had been laying in his kennel more than usual lately and was not as active. We asked a retired vet friend to come over this morning to look at the tumors since we are leaving to go out of town for two weeks tomorrow morning. We didn’t want to leave Bo in someone else’s care in that condition. After thoroughly examining Bo and discussing the options and possible problems, our friend recommended euthanasia. We were concerned with Bo’s quality of life so after Luke and I talked, I called the vet to make the appointment and called a couple of people to come watch the kids so I could go, too. Through tears, we stayed by Bo’s side until his heart stopped beating.
Bo was one of the sweetest dogs I have ever known, and we will miss him a lot.
We love you, Bo!
April 15, 2008
· Filed under Family, Prayer requests, Travel
Luke and I and the three kiddos will be leaving Mississippi on Thursday morning headed for Texas in our overloaded minivan. Please pray for safety in travel, and that the kids will do well during the trip. Also, Luke will be flying out of DFW on Saturday the 19th for a mission trip to Mexico. He will be gone 8 days…..8 long days. We have never been apart for that long, and I am not looking forward to it. But I know it is for a good reason. Please pray for the mission team from our church and association as they minister physically and spiritually in Mexico.
I’ll try to update while I’m in Fort Worth. Until then….gotta get packin’!
March 27, 2008
· Filed under Family, Kids, Pictures, Prayer requests
Many of you know about what happened with our daughter Kyleigh when she was born. Actually it is the reason she and Riley were born on that day. During my weekly fetal stress test on that Thursday morning, Kyleigh’s heart rate was extremely high (about 230-250 bpm) so the doctor wanted to deliver them that afternoon. After delivery the doctors were unable to convert her heart to a normal rate and rhythm so she was transferred to a hospital down the street with a NICU. After several doses of medicine, they were able to keep her heart rate normal. The condition is known as supra ventricular tachycardia (SVT). The doctors at that hospital were in contact with a pediatric cardiologist at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on several occasions faxing EKGs and other test results. She stayed in the NICU for a week before coming home on daily medication. At that point, we were referred to the doctor at UAB for follow up and made the first trip on November 6 when she was only six weeks old. After reviewing Kyleigh’s previous EKGs and the one from that day, the doctor diagnosed her with Wolf Parkinson White syndrome or WPW, for short. That is a long name which basically means that her heart has an extra electrical path that caused it to race.
Today (Tuesday), I am actually typing this in the back of our van on the way home from our second trip to UAB. Kyleigh had another EKG and the doctor described it as NORMAL! Praise the Lord! He answers prayers! The doctor said that it looks like she is probably outgrowing the WPW. Although she will remain on a very low dose of her medication until she is one year old, if the next EKG is still normal, and she has not had any episodes of SVT, then we can discontinue the medication at that point. We are so grateful to everyone for their prayers over these last six months. Please continue to pray that Kyleigh will not have any episodes of SVT, and that she will outgrow this condition. We know that God is the Great Physician, and we give him all praise, honor and glory for this miracle!
Getting weighed
EKG time
March 27, 2008
· Filed under Family, Kids, Pictures
Here are the rest of the most recent pictures we have taken. Several are already in other posts so I didn’t add them to the slide show. Hope you enjoy!
March 24, 2008
· Filed under Church, Family, Pictures
February 23, 2008
· Filed under Family
Well, yesterday was Luke’s 37th birthday. What?! 37?! That’s not possible because we’re less than two years apart, and I’m still only 29. Haha.
So because it was Luke’s birthday, he got to choose what he wanted for dinner. He asked for my lasagna first, but I asked him if there was something else for a change. (He always requests my lasagna for any special occasion.) Then he looked on the Food Network site and found a recipe for Chicken Parmesan by Giada de Laurentis and for dessert, Peanut Butter Cups in the Blanket by Paula Deen. Everything turned out nice, but the dessert was a lot more work than I had first thought. Probably won’t try that one again.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed your day, Babe. Looking forward to many more with you!
